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Old 05-11-2014, 09:12 PM   #1
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Ran across this 41-42 ton ford while on vacation. The old gal was almost rust free, but lots of dents and cracks, nice ghost town. They were totally out of gas too. Chuck S.
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Old 05-11-2014, 09:35 PM   #2
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From what I can see based on the V8 embossed on the hood it's a '40, put that's just my WAG. Regardless I like it.
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Old 05-11-2014, 09:44 PM   #3
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Id be dragging that up on my trailer...
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I think I'd take the gas pumps home first.
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Old 05-11-2014, 10:08 PM   #5
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I can't believe that the glass in those pumps is still intact.!
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Old 05-11-2014, 10:22 PM   #6
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I'm just curious - what state ?
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Old 05-11-2014, 11:40 PM   #7
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I have to agree . I Would be interested in the gas pumps. The truck looks better than most of my projects that I have started with .
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Was this in Bodie,Ca ?
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Great place for a Western movie...............yeeha!

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Was this in Bodie,Ca ?
If it's in Bodie, you can't "rescue" it.
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Old 05-12-2014, 04:55 PM   #11
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These pair are laying in a field at the foot of the range we just pulled over in the 33 and caravan,I had already seen one big brown snake that day and wasn,t going to walk through the long grass to get a closer look.
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Old 05-12-2014, 07:27 PM   #12
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You guys are right on the ball, it was Bodie,Ca., and it can't be saved because it is part of a state owned "ghost town". I too have started with many restorations a lot worse than this truck. I can only dream of this kind of a find, being from up state New York.
If you ever get out here be sure to visit Bodie, a great place, Chuck S.
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Old 05-12-2014, 08:49 PM   #13
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This past Winter we went to Castle Dome mines and ghost town just north of Yuma, AZ and found this sitting out.

I agree with the others on those gas pumps. No broken glass and waiting for someone like me to take them home. No such luck.
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Old 05-12-2014, 08:58 PM   #14
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Pretty sure the gas pumps are protected by law, if you take them you get fined for poaching.
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The fine might be less then the pumps are worth....just saying...lol
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ah yes, theft, always funny
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The fine may be less BUT the jail time for defacing/stealing gov property may not be so good when Bubba finds you in the shower!!!
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Lovely just lovely
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